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Build resilience before the next emergency arrives: WHO chief Ghebreyesus tells BRICS leaders

"Build resilience before the next emergency arrives": WHO chief Ghebreyesus tells BRICS leaders
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Source: The Tribune | Original Published At: 2026-09-14 03:22:23 UTC

Key Points

  • WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged BRICS leaders to strengthen health cooperation, innovation, resilience, and sustainable health financing.
  • He said progress on health could advance the BRICS Leaders' Summit themes of resilience, innovation, cooperation, and sustainability.
  • Tedros called for strengthening primary health care, surveillance, early warning, and local production to build resilience before future emergencies.
  • He urged BRICS countries to harness science, digital health, and artificial intelligence for public health while ensuring benefits are accessible to all.
  • The WHO chief asked BRICS leaders to help finalize the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement and make cross-border cooperation operational.
  • The New Delhi Declaration reaffirmed BRICS commitment to universal health coverage, WHO's coordinating role, and deeper cooperation in global health initiatives.
  • BRICS nations recognized tuberculosis as a priority and welcomed mechanisms including the BRICS Integrated Early Warning System and a proposed Expert Working Group on traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine.
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